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Windsor leads the province with the most police officers per capita in Southwestern Ontario, according to a new report from Statistics Canada.
According to the report, Windsor has 205 officers per 100,000 citizens. That compares to the next-closest Southwestern Ontario municipality, St. Thomas, with 175.6.
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The Windsor force employs about 500 sworn officers, 150 civilian staff and expenses close to $110 million in 2020. Expenses were offset by $17.4 million in revenue.
London has the fewest police officers per capita in Southwestern Ontario. There were 590 officers serving a population of 414,959 in London last year, a ratio of 142.2 officers per 100,000 citizens, the national agency said this week in its annual report on police resources.